On SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 25, New York’s Annunciation parish cordially invites you and your family and friends to join us at our traditional Thanksgiving luncheon. Following our 10AM Lithuanian Mass, we will be serving a delicious hot meal (donation: $10 adults, $2 children) and refreshments. You’ll be treated to a holiday meal enjoyed in a friendly atmosphere. PLEASE JOIN US AND BRING YOUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY!

V. Nagiene participated in numerous individual and group exhibits in Lithuania, including the Parliament and the National Museum of Folklore. She has won many awards and has been recognized as a national folk artist. Her work is inspired by the beauty of Lithuania’s countryside and cities, its rich folklore and fantasies.

Straw Christmas ornament workshop instructed by Don and Kathy Astras. Learn how to create Lithuanian Christmas straw ornaments. We feature geometric snowflake designs by Ursula Astras using wheat straw applique. During the workshop you will be able to complete one straw ornament (4-inch diameter) in the workshop and have step-by-step instructions to make more at home.

Saturday, December 8, 6 PM – 11 PM
Nijole Shuberg is going to present her photo exhibition of Chicago Jazz.
RADIO FREE HONDURAS will not let you stand still. They surely make your heart dance! Do that! Feel the spirit of Musica Latina! Feel what we feel when we are on the road. Experience the culture!

On SUNDAY, DECEMBER 9th, NEW YORK’S ANNUNCIATION PARISH cordially invites you, your family and friends to join us at our traditional ADVENT CRAFT FAIR. Following our 10 AM Lithuanian Mass, you’ll have the opportunity to shop for interesting Christmas gifts, Christmas communion wafers, Lithuanian food products and you can enjoy desserts and refreshments in a friendly atmosphere. PLEASE JOIN US AND BRING YOUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY!

The Lemont Chapter of the Lithuanian-American Community invites you to commemorate the events that took place in Lithuania between the 11th and 13th of January, 1991, in the aftermath of the Act of the Re-Establishment of the State of Lithuania.

January 20, Sunday 10 AM – 1 PM at the Čiurlionis Art Gallery in the Lithuanian Cultural Center of Chicago a lecture/seminar about a better me will be presented. This weeks topic – Our world of relationships.

January 25, 5:30 pm, social hour, Fridays after 5 pm in the small hall at the Chicago Lithuanian Center. Algimantas Barniškas will be playing for your dancing pleasure, refreshments will be served, $10 entrance fee.

Children’s Play “Svajutė ir Girutis”
Saturday, January 26 at 2 pm
LWC, Banys Family Hall (14911 127th St., Lemont, 60439, IL)
A children’s play for children up to 13 years old. After the play, stay for face painting!

The Gen. T. Daukanto Jūrų Šiaulių kuopa invites you to celebrate Valentine’s Day with delicious food and refreshing drinks. The group “Kaukas” will perform live! Tickets cost $45 and must be reserved in advance by calling (224) 806-5294 or (708) 387-0513.

Annual “Child’s Gate to Learning” update on projects and support for 10 supported after school centers in Lithuania that work with children and youths from at risk families. Session will be conducted in Lithuanian.

Sunday, February 10, 12:15 pm.
LWC, Banys Family Hall (14911 127th St., Lemont, 60439, IL)
All are welcome to the annual “Child’s Gate to Learning” update on projects, including 10 after-school centers in Lithuania that work with children/youths from at-risk families. The session will feature 2018 project highlights and plans for 2019, including preparations of 16 young Lithuanian Americans who will travel to Lithuania to volunteer at supported centers in the summer of 2019. The session will be conducted in Lithuanian.

The spring concert “Sustok… pasiklausyk” (“Wait a moment … listen”) on Sat., March 2 will feature works by the patriarch of Lithuanian classical music, Juozas Naujalis, in honor of the 150 year anniversary of his birth, as well as works by other Lithuanian composers such as Augustinas, Zakaras, Daugirdas, Matutis, and Govėdas. Also featured will be Rockford native Jake Runestad’s incredibly moving and socially relevant piece “Please Stay: An Anthem of Hope and Suicide Prevention”. Lastly, soloists and chamber orchestra will join “Dainava” in a performance of Franz Schubert’s Mass in G, one of the most popular classical masterpieces of the 18th century. Information about ticket sales by Internet and phone: www.dainava.us. Tickets will be available for purchase at Lithuanian parishes and the Lithuanian World Center.

Support the Lithuanian Scouts Association at this craft fair. Enjoy games and activities for kids, delicious Lithuanian food and sweets, and artisanal handiwork for purchase. The event begins with Mass at Blessed J. Matulaitis Mission (9 am), followed by the fair.

On Friday, March 8, at 7 pm in celebration of the Restoration of Lithuania’s Independence, please join us at the Balzekas Museum (6500 South Pulaski Road, Chicago, IL 60629) for a very special concert by the award winning Lithuanian vocal ensemble “Cantilena”.

On Sunday, March 10, at 1 pm in celebration of the Restoration of Lithuania’s Independence, please join us at Nativity BVM Church, (6812 S. Washtenaw Ave, Chicago, IL 60629) for a very special concert by the award winning Lithuanian vocal ensemble “Cantilena”.

The Lecture “Musical findings in the Balzekas Museum Music Collection”. Prof. dr. Darius Kučinskas, a recipient of a grant from the Baltic American Freedom Foundation, will present the results of his year-long research and archival work at the Balzekas museum. Unique and rare recordings, music scores, piano rolls, will be presented and played with original gramophone, player piano and old magnetophon.

On Saturday, March 23, 7 pm please join us at the Balzekas Museum (6500 South Pulaski Road, Chicago, IL 60629) for a special book presentation by award-winning researcher Dr. Gražina Siderskytė, who will discuss her new book, The Farside of Lituanica, about American Lithuanian pioneers in aviation, pilots Steponas Darius and Stasys Girėnas.

Come meet the author of the “Laimė yra Lapė” (Luck is the Fox) children’s book. This book was selected as the best children’s book for 2018 in Lithuania. The author herself Evelina Daciūtė will be available for questions and autographs. The book signing will be on Saturday, March 30, 2 PM at the Lithuanian Cultural Center of Chicago, 5620 S. Claremont Ave. There will be a creative workshop for children. Fox at home – luck at home. For more information – 708-299-9353. Tickets are $20. for adults and will be available at the door.

The Čiurlionis Art Gallery in the Lithuanian Center of Chicago (14911 127th St., Lemont, 60439, IL) on April 6 at 2 pm will host a book presentation “Šeima – Komandinis žaidimas” (Family – a team game). This book will explore how to achieve peaceful and harmonious relationships in the family unit. The author Aurima Dilienė will be available for questions and autographs.

Annual LWC Spring Clean-up
Sunday, April 14, 10 am
LWC Front Lawn (14911 127th St., Lemont, IL 60439)
Lithuanian World Center invites you to join our annual “Clean up the Center” project. Please bring a sunny disposition, your work gloves and rakes. We will be waiting for you at the Hill of Crosses.
Lithuanian World Center.

Since its inception in 1991, the Skokie Festival of Cultures has become one of the premier ethnic festivals in Illinois, attracting more than a half-a-million visitors and dozens of cultures, all representing Skokie’s tremendous diversity. Attendees will take their free ‘Tour of the World’, enjoying two days of ethnic folk music and dance, a wide range of food and beer, unique arts and crafts, a merchandise bazaar, and dozens of cultural booths and displays.

Certified Nutritionist, Herbalist and Self-Healing Teacher, Daiva Gaulyte is coming from Alaska to Chicago and we invited her to our museum to share her insights. In her talk she will share how from a “6 months to live” sentence from her doctor, she became healthier and happier than before.
She will share her self-healing habits, that anyone could apply.

Certified Nutritionist, Herbalist and Self-Healing Teacher, Daiva Gaulyte is coming from Alaska to Chicago and we invited her to our museum to share her insights.
In her talk she will share how from a “6 months to live” sentence from her doctor, she became healthier and happier than before.
She will share her self-healing habits, that anyone could apply.

Screening of “Kelionės namo”, a documentary film by Ramunė Rakauskaitė. 2019, 60 min., in Lithuanian with English subtitles. Film Director will be present. “Kelionės namo”, is an upbeat memoir, never before presented in cinema, recounting the unexpected first encounters of American-Lithuanians who traveled back to their Soviet-occupied homeland after WWII. During the war, the heroes of the film were forced to leave Lithuania and became displaced persons (DP). Their nostalgia created somewhat naïve images of their homeland. Yet when allowed to travel to Soviet Lithuania in the late ‘60s and 70’s, they were confronted with a different reality! This account of returning to their homeland reveals the hope and spirit of the pre-occupation era, the intersection of two different civilizations, colorful heroes and their unique experiences.

All are invited to the Lithuanian Folk Ensemble, “Grandis” 60th anniversary concert that will take place on Saturday, May 4th at the Carl Sandburg High School Performing Arts Center in Orland Park, IL. The program will begin at 4 pm.

Family Fair and a Play with Kake Make
Sunday, May 5, 1 pm
LWC, R. Riškus Hall (14911 127th St., Lemont, IL 60439)

A FREE EVENT FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY Please join us for a Lithuanian Mother’s day celebration. Children will enjoy a play with the most famous Lithuanian literary character, Kake Make, and all her friends. After the play we will have games, raffles, sweets, food and many surprises for the children and their parents. Come and join us for a fun Sunday afternoon!

Vidmantas Jankauskas (Vilnius Academy of Arts) presents lecture Regional Studies in Independent Lithuania. The Case of Kupiškis Region
In Soviet Lithuania, local history studies were severely limited to just ethnographic activities. The first regional encyclopedias were Lithuania Minor Encyclopedia (2000-2009, 4 volumes) and Kupiškėnai Encyclopedia (2006-2017, 3 volumes). Several collective monographs, a series of books, and almanac about Kupiškis were published.
Lecture in Lithuanian

May 11 – May 12 2019
Lithuanian Hall, Baltimore
Lithuanian food, crafts, music, dances and much more…. Museum on the 3rd floor will be open, please come and see wooden crosses, music instruments and amber jewelry.

Since its inception in 1991, the Skokie Festival of Cultures has become one of the premier ethnic festivals in Illinois, attracting more than a half-a-million visitors and dozens of cultures, all representing Skokie’s tremendous diversity. Attendees will take their free ‘Tour of the World’, enjoying two days of ethnic folk music and dance, a wide range of food and beer, unique arts and crafts, a merchandise bazaar, and dozens of cultural booths and displays.

Support-Charity Concert “5000 Miles”
Saturday, May 18, 2019 at 7 PM – 10 PM
Lietuvių Dailės Muziejus / Lithuanian Museum of Art / Galerija “Siela”
The Chicago Mothers Foundation will be celebrating its five-year anniversary. On this occasion, we welcome everyone to a festive, support-charity concert. There will be a great event with wonderful guests.
Ieva Zasimauskaitė, 2018 performer of the Eurovision Song Contest, from Lithuania, as well as Rimantas Pažemeckas will perform all his songs. A glass of wine, snack and an etching exhibition by Edita Suchockytes will be waiting for you.
Full Profit goes for sick Children.

Saturday, June 29, 2019 at 3 PM – 12:30 AM
Summit Park District
At the end of June, during the sunshine, when the night is the shortest, and nature flourishes, it is growing, blooming and celebrating the celebration of the St. John’s. The peoples of Europe have celebrated it since ancient times, but have not preserved it to the present day.
So, Lithuanians, let us celebrate her as always – beautifully and cheerfully !!!

Saturday, September 21, 2019 at 7 PM EDT
Lithuanian Hall, Baltimore
Members and friends of the Lithuanian Hall! Please “Save the Date” for our 5th annual fundraiser on September 21, 2019. The theme this year is Vintage Baltimore to honor our vintage building. We are working to make this a fun evening with live music, a silent auction, and hors d’oeuvres included in the cost of your ticket.